After almost 59 years of controversial existence, the last vestige of the British Empire in the Indian Ocean, the British ...

The recent transfer of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius marks the end of the last African colony of the United Kingdom and ...

In a joint statement with Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth, Keir Starmer said that Mauritius will take control of the islands, ...

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a UK Overseas Territory situated halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia and comprising the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, itself comprising over 1 ...

THE Chagos Islands are an archipelago (group of islands) that have made headlines after the UK agreed to hand sovereignty over the islands to Mauritius.  One of the islands, Diego Garcia, is ...

Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain ...

Islanders who were forced to leave their remote Indian Ocean home to make way for a U.S. military base half a century ago ...

Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.

Other large British Overseas Territories include the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands and ...

Without British oversight, experts fear fishing vessels will have free rein to harvest the region, damaging its pristine reef ...

Britain ceded control over the Chagos Archipelago after years of negotiations with Mauritius. India has maintained strong ...

The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday ...